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CatHostage

@cathostage.bsky.social

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Lawyer, writer, photography enthusiast, possible mer-person, mother, grandmother, dog lover, reluctant cat host.

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CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 2h

It's the first true thing he's ever posted.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 23h

I don't think we disagree on anything except that you think they chose "the worst white man" on purpose and I think they believe they chose the greatest one.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

Sure.

But they didn't pick him for being stupid and ineffective if they think he's smart and brilliant.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

Except that 10s of millions of them don't know he's the worst white man--they think he's powerful, masculine and playing 4D chess.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

Well, he gets confused. He just remembered he was supposed to do something with war in it.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

SOME farmers. Take a look at how those subsidies are distributed. Massive corporate farms are the main beneficiaries.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

We also await explanations from the US government.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

And they were so damned dumb that their response was to elect the least qualified and most classless person on the planet to replace him, making his predecessor look better every day.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

Good luck with that. Sincerely. I hope with all my heart that we land in the one timeline in hundreds of thousands where that battle isn't already lost.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

And therefore we should care. And counteract where possible (for instance, with state charges where that's an option).

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just a side effect. He is thrilled by human suffering.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

Disagree. Having met Darth Vader as a pure force of evil and then learned his backstory and powerlessly watched his evolution like a slow moving train wreck was much more intense.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly, it's not even new or uncommon: www.borowitzclark.com/stop-financi...

Stop Financing Groceries: There’s a Better Way

Online buy now, pay later (BNPL) shopping options made their appearance in the early 2010s, and mainly offered a way to purchase larger-ticket items such as electronics, retail furniture, and other go...

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CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely a sign of the greatest economy in history when people need to finance their hamburger.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 2d

The message he is sending that if you're loyal to him you can commit any crime you like without consequences matters.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 2d

Inventing Antifa

In 2005, the Uzbek government invented a group called “Akromiya” to justify massacring protesters. Now I worry the US government will do the same.

sarahkendzior.substack.com

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 13d

They won't waste any time finding the funding to send you to federal prison.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 13d

Because the shutdown is about to have catastrophic impacts for many Americans, and Congress is responsible for doing something about that.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 14d

There is no such thing as MAGA patriotism. On 1/6, MAGA ripped down a US flag to replace it with a Trump flag. They explicitly disavowed their allegiance to the United States and declared it to a single individual.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 18d

Very offensive to the generals. What does that help?

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 19d

Suspended? Where are the criminal charges?

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 19d

And she will be so proud.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 19d

The headlines should have been "Stubborn Democrats Unwilling to Kill You to Avert a Shutdown"

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 19d

Until this issue arose, I didn't think Johnson was in the Epstein files.

CatHostage @cathostage.bsky.social · 19d

The irony of watching RFK lament how drug prices are too high and people are suffering as Trump looks on, thinking about how he and his team are in the process of shutting down the entire government just to make sure people can't afford health insurance.